Plus there was the fun of watching Isabel. But yeah, they started off with being an alien as a sort of metaphor for feeling isolated and scared as a teenager - the drama came from the three aliens trying to hide who they are from the world, forming their own codependent little family, struggling with the idea of relationships with the outside world. I think if they'd slowed down the addition of information about their home world, and maybe had the kids figure out some stuff on their own, it would have helped.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
Boxed Set, Vol. 1: Smallville, Due South, Farscape
A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much anything else that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 6:56:07 am PST #3944 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:00:09 am PST #3945 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I did enjoy the whole EvilDoppelgangerAliens thing, in a sort of "Oh, the show's already gone to hell" kind of way.
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:00:58 am PST #3946 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Oh, it's Max From the Future, who comes back in time to break up Max and Liz in order to Save The World!
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:03:28 am PST #3947 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
And there was this whole, "On our home planet, we're royalty, except we all fight each other, and we lost power anyway, and how the hell are we supposed to go back since these human bodies were built for us to just live on Earth?" I mean, it reminded me of how kids like to fantasize that their "real" parents are out there somewhere, and they're rich or famous or nobility and just waiting to whisk them away to a better life.
Katie M - Mar 01, 2004 7:07:21 am PST #3948 of 10000
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
"Sliders" dipped into the monkey crack after the first season or two, and it snorted constantly until the very end.
Oh, but I have so many fond college-era memories of this show! Especially when it was the lead-in for X-Files, so twenty or so of us used to warm up by mocking Sliders ruthlessly. So much fun. ("Look! This week they're doing a takeoff on Anaconda!")
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:07:37 am PST #3949 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
It was like they came up with a nifty idea, and then let a bunch of 13-year-olds write the plots from then on in rotating shifts. Alternating boys and girls.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:09:10 am PST #3950 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
And Sliders also had fans everywhere constantly yelling, "Quinn, you're a physics genius and you've considered duct taping that damn controller to your wrist!"
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:42:22 am PST #3951 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I'm impressed that they never ever landed on anything sharp or spiky or a long way down.
Madrigal Costello - Mar 01, 2004 7:44:23 am PST #3952 of 10000
It's a remora, dimwit.
Yeah, they always seemed to find a convenient field. Maybe their sort of physics abhors things like oceans and cars and brick walls.
Emily - Mar 01, 2004 7:45:55 am PST #3953 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, heck, Connie Willis's version of time travel actually locked out landings that were dangerous to the traveller (or important events in time). I kind of liked that. It so neatly did away with all those niggling "reality" type questions.